Transportation Weekly Issue Brief – Do We Still Need the Highway Trust Fund?
Transportation Weekly issue brief dated May 12, 2014, entitled “Do We Still Need the Highway Trust Fund?”
Transportation Permitting: An Actionable Agenda for Policymakers
The Last Exit: Fixing the Highway Trust Fund while Solvency is still Solvable
March 17, 2026 - As the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s advance appropriations expire in 2026, Congress faces a critical choice between locking in the efficiency, capacity, and ridership gains enabled by predictable rail funding...
Delivering the Goods: Recommendations for Funding a Federal Freight Program
Delivering the Goods focuses on finding a funding source for expanding and improving the national freight program established by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. While this was a crucial step forward, the United…
Aviation Insights 2016
CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT INSTALLMENT OF ENO AVIATION INSIGHTS. Since economic deregulation started being implemented in 1979, the airline industry has been free to set routes, define capacity, and determine fares. In the…
Emerging Technology Trends In Transportation
This paper seeks to provide an overview of technology advances in transportation, focusing on those likely to have important implications for transportation policy.
NextGen Working Group Final Report
Eno’s NextGen Working Group brought together academics, former government officials, unions, and industry leaders representing airlines, airports, manufacturers, private operators, pilots, controllers, and the business community to discuss the future of U.S. air traffic control (ATC). This final report…
Reagan Devolution: The Real Story of the 1982 Gas Tax Increase
Remembered as a triumph of bipartisanship, the reality of the 1982 gas tax increase was a bit messier.
Reagan Devolution: The Real Story of the 1982 Gas Tax Increase (Additional Documentation)
506-page PDF compilation of supporting documents for the Reagan Devolution paper, taken largely from the Reagan Presidential Library, showing the behind-the-scenes decision making that led to the 1982 gas tax increase. This item is more…
Reagan Devolution: The Real Story of the 1982 Gas Tax Increase (Presentation, May 27, 2015)
On May 27, 2015, the Eno Center for Transportation released a groundbreaking report on the 1982 Gas Tax Increase (Passed by then President Ronald Reagan). Eno’s Senior Fellow, Jeff Davis, gave the following presentation on…
The Life and Death of the Highway Trust Fund
An evaluation of the forces behind the U.S. Highway Trust Fund (HTF), including an examination of peer countries and their lessons on providing long-term sustainable funding.
Getting to the Route of It: The Role of Governance in Regional Transit
Getting to the Route of It: The Role of Governance in Regional Transit looks at the issues of regional transit governance in New York and across the nation.